Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Vanessa Viira, Agris Janisk, Nikita Mikson 10 d
Backround of Cuba
Fidel Castro established Communist government in 1959
Took over the bussinesses of the US
Castro was attempted to be overthrowed, April 1961, inavsion of Bay of Pigs
Missile sites were built in Cuba in summer 1962
The USSRs sent a shipment full of military equipment in autumn 1962
Why was the USSR interested in helping Cuba?
A Communist state
A good launch base for the USSR
Nikita Khrushchev wanted to test the strenght of John F. Kennedy and force
him to bargain over the US missile in Europe
What happened?
Photos of missile sites on Cuba were taken by spy planes, October 14, 1962
Photos revealed to the Us the day after
President Kennedy formed the EXCOMM (Executive Committee of the National
Security Council)
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